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Brimstone

2016

Martin Koolhoven

Dakota Fanning, Guy Pearce, Emilia Jones, Paul Anderson ...

6.4

3,538

Western. Thriller. Drama Brimstone is a suspenseful tale of guilt and retribution that unfolds at the end of the 19th century. A dark, violent and epic western about a young woman (and her family) whose lives change drastically when a diabolical preacher comes to town.

	Author	Review
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"The Dutch sexual-nightmare version of a Catholic horror film (...) The film has gruesomely effective moments (...) but it also has serious longueurs"	NEU
United States	Boyd van Hoeij The Hollywood Reporter	"With its punishing 149-minute running time, relentlessly gloomy tone but ultimately principled moral message, it feels like a sermon delivered by an extremely cine-literate preacher"	NEU
United Kingdom	Andrew Pulver The Guardian	"Four-part epic about a mute woman stalked by a vengeful preacher is filled with hellfire and damnation, but suffers from somewhat ponderous pace (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Lee Marshall Screendaily	"A lurid and unpleasant Lutheran ‘scary preacher’ Western (...) Brimstone makes its audience want to pray for forgiveness by running home and rewatching 'Night of the Hunter'"	NEG
United States	Glenn Kenny rogerebert.com	"The subject matter, and its treatment, is also what make 'Brimstone' a tedious and repellent viewing experience (...) It never manages to shake off the dialogue clichés completely (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Geoffrey Macnab The Independent	"Martin Koolhoven finds lyricism amid squalor in this powerful piece of filmmaking (...) Pearce gives an eccentric but chilling performance (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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